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Regulation 41 Correspondences

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(1)

For the purposes of Article 6(5) of the Order, a heavy goods vehicle or public service vehicle of a class specified in column (1) of the table corresponds to a class of large goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle, as the case may be, specified in column (2) in relation to the class of vehicle in column (1).

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), where a heavy goods vehicle driver’s licence held before 1st April 1991 was restricted to vehicles having a permissible maximum weight not exceeding 10 tonnes by virtue of—

(a)

paragraph 3(3) and (5) of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976f1; or

(b)

paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 27 of the Heavy Goods Vehicles (Drivers' Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981f2 before they were revoked by the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Heavy Goods and Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991f3,

such restriction shall be disregarded.

TABLE

Column (1)Column (2)
Class of heavy goods or public service vehiclesCorresponding class of large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle
Heavy goods vehiclesLarge goods vehicles
1Categories C and C + E
1ACategories C and C + E (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission)
2Category C and vehicles in category C + E which are drawbar trailer combinations
2ACategory C and vehicles in category C + E which are drawbar trailer combinations (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission)
3Category C and vehicles in category C + E which are drawbar trailer combinations
3ACategory C and vehicles in category C + E which are drawbar trailer combinations (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission)
Public Service vehicles
Passenger-carrying vehicles
1Categories D and D + E
1ACategories D and D + E (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission)
2Categories D and D + E
2ACategories D and D + E (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission)
3Category D
3ACategory D (limited to vehicles with automatic transmission)
4Sub-category D1 and vehicles in category D not more than 5.5 metres in length
4ASub-category D1 and vehicles in category D not more than 5.5 metres in length (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission)

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1976/581 (N.I. 11); see paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 6 to the Order

f2

S.R. 1981 No. 240

f3

S.R. 1991 No. 99